Q: Best host for multiple shows
Hi.
I currently have two podcasts running, both are with Libsyn. I'm paying 5 a month for the smaller one, and the $15 a month for the other one since those episodes are longer.
Libsyn charges per show. I'm looking for a host that doesn't do that. I don't want to go with AWS/Azure/Google because if it blows up big suddenly, I have to pony up that money. And even if there's a small growth, I'm sure it'll be a pain switching again.
I was shopping around the hosts and I seen bluehost has a pretty much unlimited bandwidth and no other caps and what looks to be better speed on their 15 a month plan. Has anyone used this or a standard blue host plan (shared), to run multiple podcasts? I want to run a bunch.
What's nice about Libsyn, is that it does a lot for you, with minimal data entry on my part, and I hooked up Feedburner, which in turn, is what I used for iTunes and other podcast aggregators.
If I go this shared hosting route (a shared host)
- Is this feasible?
- Is it fast enough and will be able to handle enough concurrent downloads at the same time, at the same capacity as Libsyn?
- Am I able to host multiple shows in the same server? I'm assuming just to make different folders per each show, then make a subdomain (no cost with BlueHost and unlimited), and make a URL for the feed, but how to do that...ultimately I think I'd still point feed burner at the URL/RSS feed.
- I'm a web dev by day, so any development/config shouldn't be too difficult for me. But if it's a real pain and I have to spend hours and hours setting up just one feed/show I don't know if it's worth the hassle.
- Id likely name the URL my "network" name, and I'm assuming just do per show, show1.myfakepodcastnetworkurl.com, show2.myfakepodcastnetworkurl.com, show3.myfakepodcastnetworkurl.com, etc. Is it this simple, or, going back to question 1, not feasible? I hear podcast hosts are running special algorithms to handle the load on media streaming; well, if I'm looking at a standard shared hosting plan, is this going to not be available to me? I'm assuming libsyn and other such companies have their own propriertatry algorithms that they run, in-house.
Thanks.
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Posted on Mar 21, 2016 6:23 PM